[h]Two (relatively) new apps for iPhone & iPod Touch: iTanpura & iLehra[/h]
iTanpura is the first electronic tanpura for the iPhone & iPod Touch. Features include:
✓ Three instruments in one app! Includes two 4-string tanpuras with independent pan and volume controls, plus a 15-string Swar Mandal
✓ Uses sounds sampled from actual male & female tanpuras for realistic tanpura sound throughout the pitch range
✓ NEW: Integrated 15-string Swar Mandal. The Swar Mandal is completely tunable and can be played manually or set to auto-loop
✓ Suitable for vocal or instrumental music
✓ Each tanpura's first string can be tuned to Pa, Ma or Ni, or any custom note such as Re, Ga, Dha, etc
✓ Or tune first string to any shruti in the octave using a slider
✓ Each tanpura has its own pan and volume controls to allow precise placement within the stereo image. For example you can have a tanpura with Pa on your left and one with Ni on your right
✓ PRESETS: Save all settings including pitch, each tanpura's individual tuning, pan & gain settings, as well as the Swar Mandal tuning as a named preset
See the website for more details: http://upasani.org/iTanpura
or click here for a YouTube demo: http://upasani.org/iTanpura/demo.html
iLehra is the first electronic lehra/nagma player for the iPhone & iPod Touch. Features include:
✓ Has lehras in 24 taals (more added with each version)
✓ Plays lehras on either harmonium, violin, or flute
✓ Extremely accurate tempo tested to within 1 milli-second
✓ Includes a beautiful tanpura auto-tuned to pitch and raag of lehra
✓ Wide range of tempo from 30bpm to 300bpm
✓ Each lehra has three variations for slow, medium and fast tempos for more natural-sounding lehra
✓ Optional Metronome Click-track with different sounds for matras, taalis & khaalis
For more information visit: http://upasani.org/iLehra
YouTube Demo: http://upasani.org/iLehra/demo.html
Regards,
Prasad
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